FATA[0000] Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.17/version: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock

Question

I install docker using this guide. I'm using

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 13.10
Release:    13.10
Codename:   saucy

Even though I excetly followed the steps given I get below error when I issue docker version command.

Client version: 1.5.0
Client API version: 1.17
Go version (client): go1.4.1
Git commit (client): a8a31ef
OS/Arch (client): linux/amd64
FATA[0000] Get http:///var/run/docker.sock/v1.17/version: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory. Are you trying to connect to a TLS-enabled daemon without TLS?

I aleardy referred below, but it does not work for me. Most of the them focus on Mac OS X

Installing a web application in a Docker container: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory

docker error: /var/run/docker.sock: no such file or directory

Am I trying to connect to a TLS-enabled daemon without TLS?

How can I fix this?

Please see the O/P below

INFO[0000] +job serveapi(unix:///var/run/docker.sock)   
INFO[0000] Listening for HTTP on unix (/var/run/docker.sock) 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/resize 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/create         
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/kill 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/start 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/stop 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/copy 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/exec 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /exec/{name:.*}/start      
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /auth                      
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /build                     
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/wait 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/attach 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/{name:.*}/tag      
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/pause 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/rename 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /commit                    
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/create             
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/load               
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/{name:.*}/push     
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/unpause 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/restart 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /exec/{name:.*}/resize     
DEBU[0000] Registering DELETE, /containers/{name:.*}    
DEBU[0000] Registering DELETE, /images/{name:.*}        
DEBU[0000] Registering OPTIONS,                         
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/json  
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /events                     
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/search              
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/get                 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/{name:.*}/get       
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/{name:.*}/history   
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/json            
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/export 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /info                       
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/viz                 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/top   
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/logs  
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/stats 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /exec/{id:.*}/json          
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /_ping                      
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/json                
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/{name:.*}/json      
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/attach/ws 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /version                    
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/ps              
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/changes 
DEBU[0000] docker group found. gid: 999                 
DEBU[0000] Using graph driver aufs                      
DEBU[0000] Migrating existing containers                
DEBU[0000] Creating images graph                        
DEBU[0000] Restored 0 elements                          
DEBU[0000] Creating repository list                     
INFO[0000] +job init_networkdriver()                    
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -C POSTROUTING -t nat -s 172.17.42.1/16 ! -o docker0 -j MASQUERADE] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -D FORWARD -i docker0 -o docker0 -j DROP] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -C FORWARD -i docker0 -o docker0 -j ACCEPT] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -C FORWARD -i docker0 ! -o docker0 -j ACCEPT] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -C FORWARD -o docker0 -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D PREROUTING -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL -j DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D OUTPUT -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL ! --dst 127.0.0.0/8 -j DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D OUTPUT -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL -j DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D PREROUTING -j DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -D OUTPUT -j DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -F DOCKER]    
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -X DOCKER]    
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -n -L DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -N DOCKER]    
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -C -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -A PREROUTING -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL -j DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -C -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL ! --dst 127.0.0.0/8] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t nat -A OUTPUT -m addrtype --dst-type LOCAL ! --dst 127.0.0.0/8 -j DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -t filter -n -L DOCKER] 
DEBU[0000] /sbin/iptables, [--wait -C FORWARD -o docker0 -j DOCKER] 
INFO[0000] -job init_networkdriver() = OK (0)           
INFO[0000] WARNING: Your kernel does not support cgroup swap limit. 
DEBU[0000] Restarting containers...                     
INFO[0000] docker daemon: 1.5.0 a8a31ef; execdriver: native-0.2; graphdriver: aufs 
INFO[0000] +job acceptconnections()                     
INFO[0000] -job acceptconnections() = OK (0)            
DEBU[0022] Calling GET /version                         
INFO[0022] GET /v1.17/version                           
INFO[0022] +job version()                               
INFO[0022] -job version() = OK (0)

Answer 1

I had similar problem on Ubuntu 14.04, 3.13.0-39-generic The solution was:

sudo apt-get install apparmor

service docker restart

Answer 2

The problem is that your user has not been added to the docker group.

Try:

sudo usermod -a -G docker <uname> 

If you don't want to log in/out from your current shell, run:

newgrp docker 

Answer 3

This error is because you have not started the docker service. Once you start the service it creates /var/run/docker.sock and then the error is resolved.

sudo service docker start

Then you can see if the installation is proper or not by sudo docker info.